Database E.11 Individual Records of Osteoarthritis in the Adolescent and Adult Skull and Appendicular Skeletons from Ban Chiang

This database is part of Appendix E, from Ban Chiang, a Prehistoric Village Site in Northeast Thailand, Volume 1: The Human Skeletal Remains (tDAR ID #: 376592). Database E.11 contains non-metric observations (Osteoarthritis in the Adolescent and Adult Skull and Appendicular Skeletons
from Ban Chiang) by individual burial excavated from the BC and BCES locales at Ban Chiang, Thailand. Coding information is pasted at the bottom of this abstract, and can also be downloaded as a .txt document at tDAR ID#:

SPECID = Individual Burial Number
First number is excavation locale
1 = BC, 1974 excavation
2 = BCES, 1975 excavation

followed by two spaces and then the burial identification number.
Example: 1 14 is BC Burial 14

AGE
ADOL = Adolescent (15-20 years)
YG ADULT = Young Adult (20-35 years)
MID AGED = Middle-aged Adult (35-50 years)
OLD = Old Adult (50+ years)
ADULT = Adult (20-50+ years)

SEX = Sex of individual

SITE = Site of excavation

YEAREXAM = Year burial was examined

INSTCODE = Institution where burial was examined
UHM = University of Hawaii at Manoa

For the following variables a R (right) or L (left) appears before each variable name to designate the side.

The scoring system for the variables is as follows:
0 = none
1 = slight
2 = moderate
3 = marked

ACCLVST = Acromioclavicular, clavicle

STCLV = Sterno-clavicular, clavicle

ACCLV = Acromioclavicular, scapula

GLENOID = Glenoid fossa, scapula

HUMHD = Humeral head

CAPIT = Capitulum

TROCH = Trochlea

RADHD = Radial head

DISTRAD = Distal radius

PROXULN = Proximal ulna

DISTULN = Distal ulna

SACOIL = Sacroiliac

ACETAB = Acetabulum

FEMHD = Femoral head

FEMCON = Femoral condyle

PATELLA = Patella

PROXTIB = Proximal tibia

DISTIB = Distal tibia

PROXFIB = Proximal fibula

DISTFIB = Distal fibula

CALCAN = Calcaneus

TALUS = Talus

TARSAL = Tarsals

CARPALS = Carpals

METARS = Metatarsals

METCAR = Metacarpals

HNDPHL = Hand phalanges

FOOTPHL = Foot phalanges

TMJ = Temporo-mandibular joint

OCCIPCD = Occipital condyles

MANDCON = Mandibular condyle